Embroidery and Cross Stitch Presents
Cross Stitch and Beyond
Vol.17 No.11, 2010

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Projects:
. Floral Centrepiece
Dress up any afternoon tea occasion with this divine centre featuring beautiful spring flowers, including pink roses and blue cornflowers

. Stuart's Desert Pea

. Glorious Tulips
These stunning flowers in bright colours make a magnificent display. Anette Eriksson stitched her design on Hessian with wool to give it a more contemporary feel, but it works just as well on Aida cloth with stranded cottons

. Spring Parterre
Heather Wakefield's design is perfect for extending your cross stitch skills

. Miniature Magic
Pincushion and Miniature Lounge
This elegant design by Margaret Morgan is a repeat pattern so it can be adapted for many projects by simply increasing the number of repeats. It's great for miniature projects as shown by the pincushion and sofa here and can also be used for miniature chair sets and cushions

. Scandinavia Blue Mix
Who can resist blue and white cross stitch?

. Fez Embroidered Bag
Discover the interesting positive and negative effects produced on the fabric by this type of stitching

. White-Work Sampler
This style of cross stitch is very popular as it is worked with one colour which gives it a lacy effect. The design can be worked in different colours to match your decor with the same result

. Wessex Biscornu
Ann Smith's biscornu is useful as a pincushion, hat-pin holder or even a coffee table decoration

. Goethe Sampler
Sibille Kreideweiss has taken the wise words of Wolfgang Goethe and surrounded them with embroidery worked in the new Stitches and Spice variegated cottons

. Patterned Kitchen Towel